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Robert Wilson in Four Acts
December 4, 2010 - March 13, 2011
Artist Robert Wilson—a University of Texas at Austin alumnus, native Texan, and The Blanton's 2011 Gala honoree—is best known for his video and theatre work. However, as part of UT’s 1986 Guest Artist in Printmaking Program, Wilson made two suites of prints. Alcestis is named for the wife of King Admetus from Euripides’ eponymous 438 BC Greek tragedy who offers herself as a sacrifice upon learning that her husband will die unless he can find another to take his place. Alceste illustrates Wilson's stage design for Christoph Willibald Gluck's 1767 opera of the same name, based on Euripides’ myth. Robert Wilson in Four Acts presents these suites alongside a study for Alceste and video documentation of Wilson's production of Gluck's opera.
Robert Wilson
Alceste Act I Sc. 3, 1986
Lithograph
20 7/8 x 25 1/2 in.
Transfer from the Guest Artists in Printmaking Program, The University of Texas at Austin